Los Angeles police shot and wounded an armed man on Christmas Eve in the San Fernando Valley just a day after an officer fatally shot a 14-year-old girl when officers shot a suspect and a bullet went through the wall and the girls when she was in a dressing room in a clothing store. The man, whose name was not released, was listed in critical condition on Friday, according to Twitter posts by the Los Angeles Police Department’s media division. The division could not be reached on Saturday for further details. The shooting of the man in the San Fernando Valley on Friday marks the 37th time LAPD officials have shot and killed people – 17 of them fatally, including the teenage girl and alleged assailant according to the Los Angeles Times, in 2021. These numbers mark a dramatic increase in the number of people shot or killed by officials in the past two years – 27 people were shot dead and 7 of them were killed by LA police throughout 2020. In 2019, officials shot dead 26 people, killing 12. 14-year-old girl Valentina Orellana-Peralta and the alleged attack suspect, 24-year-old Daniel Elena Lopez, were fatally shot and killed Thursday morning in a Burlington store in the North Hollywood area of the San Fernando Valley after reports of an attack and the store Shots fired Thursday morning. They found a woman with moderate to severe injuries. Lopez was shot and died in the store, but one of the bullets penetrated a drywall behind him, killing Orellana-Peralta, who was in a locker room with her mother, police said. No weapon was found at the scene; Only one heavy metal cable lock was found near Lopez. LAPD chief Michel Moore promised a “thorough, complete and transparent investigation” of the shooting and said a video of a critical incident with emergency calls, body cameras and other videos would be released by Monday. On Christmas Eve in the Reseda district – about 10 miles west of the scene in North Hollywood – Officials responded to multiple reports of a man with a gun just blocks from the nearest police station around 10:30 am on Friday. Police witnesses said they saw the man shoot the gun into the air, according to the LAPD’s tweets. An officer opened fire and the man was hit. Investigators secured a gun at the scene and no officers were injured. Further details were initially not known.
Los Angeles police shot and wounded an armed man on Christmas Eve in the San Fernando Valley just a day after an officer fatally shot a 14-year-old girl when officers shot a suspect and a bullet went through the wall and the girls when she was in a clothing store cloakroom.
The man, whose name was not disclosed, was listed in critical condition on Friday, according to Twitter posts by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Division. The department could not be reached on Saturday for further details.
The man’s shooting in the San Fernando Valley Friday marks the 37th time LAPD officials have shot and killed people – 17 of them fatally, including the teenage girl and the assault suspect – in 2021, according to the Los Angeles Times.
These numbers mark a dramatic increase in the number of people shot or killed by officials in the past two years – 27 people were shot dead and 7 of them were killed by LA police throughout 2020. In 2019, officials shot dead 26 people, killing 12.
14-year-old girl Valentina Orellana-Peralta and the suspect, 24-year-old Daniel Elena Lopez, were fatally shot Thursday morning in a Burlington store in the North Hollywood area of the San Fernando Valley.
Officials responded to the store after an attack and gunfire were reported Thursday morning. They found a woman with moderate to severe injuries.
Lopez was shot and died in the store, but one of the bullets went through a drywall behind him, killing Orellana-Peralta, who was in a locker room with her mother, police said.
No weapon was found at the scene; only one heavy metal cable lock was found near Lopez.
LAPD chief Michel Moore promised a “thorough, complete and transparent investigation” into the shooting, saying that a video of a critical incident with emergency calls, a body camera and other videos would be released by Monday.
On Christmas Eve in the Reseda neighborhood – about 10 miles west of the North Hollywood scene – officials responded to the LAPD tweets around 10:30 a.m. on Friday to multiple reports of a man with a gun just blocks from the nearest police station .
Witnesses told police they saw the man shoot the gun into the air, the tweets said.
Officials found the man was still armed, authorities said, and he allegedly did not obey orders to drop the gun.
At least one officer opened fire and the man was hit. The investigators found a weapon on site, officers were not injured.
Further details were not immediately available.
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